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On January 17, some 200 opposition supporters rallied in Kazakhstan's largest city, Almaty, to protest the results of the country's January 15 parliamentary elections. Opposition activists burned a copy of the election results, vowing to continue defying

Some 200 opposition activists and supporters have rallied in Kazakhstan's largest city of Almaty to protest the results of the January 15 parliamentary elections.

According to preliminary official results, three parties -- the Nur Otan party of President Nursultan Nazarbaev and two pro-government parties, Aq Zhol and the Communist People's Party, won entry to the new parliament.

International observers said the election failed to meet basic democratic principles.

The protest was organized by the Social Democratic-Azat (Freedom) party which failed to pass the 7 percent threshold. (see report and video in Kazakh here)